Two Belize City men thought they could make some easy cash up north but have found out that crime has its disadvantages. Police report that Monday evening twenty three year old money changer Marvin Flores was heading back from the border to Orange Walk, but when he reached the junction of Libertad Village he saw […]
A nineteen month old baby girl has died suddenly and mysteriously in Belize City. The child, Ishella Menjivar, of Cemetery Road, was playing in the park Monday evening under the supervision of her mother, twenty eight year old Petrona Cruz. Cruz told police that around five thirty Ishella suddenly fell to the ground gasping for […]
The less affluent members of the family of nations, including Belize, are not generally known for their contributions to the advancement of science. But our lack of size and financial resources does not mean we must forever remain in the technological dark ages. Patrick Jones reports on an initiative that aims to put science at […]
The University College of Belize has signed an agreement to collaborate with Guatemala’s premier tertiary institution, the University of San Carlos. Both schools are members of the Central American Confederation of National Universities. The working relationship is expected to initially focus on the areas of veterinary science and architecture, which are already being developed at […]
The introduction of a new draft set of regulations for primary schools has sent the nation’s teachers back to their books to take a close look at how the rules proposed by government will affect them. Today the nation’s largest provider of education, the Catholic Church, got its educators together for a review. The meeting […]
It was almost a month ago that planeloads of soldiers from all over the Caribbean arrived in Belize for the annual training exercise of the Regional Security System. The over 700 participants from ten countries were rotated through three locations: Consejo in the Corozal District were they practiced amphibious landings, Salamanca in Toledo where they […]
